Overview
- The finance department has mandated a 25% reduction in domestic travel expenses for all Delhi-controlled departments and bodies for the 2026–27 financial year.
- All official foreign travel has been curtailed and departments are urged to replace physical trips with video conferences wherever possible.
- Officials who are entitled to higher air-travel classes must choose lower-cost options and administrative secretaries are charged with enforcing compliance.
- Emergency travel may be allowed only with approval from the chief minister or the finance minister, and the measures form part of a 90-day 'Mera Bharat, Mera Yogdan' campaign of visible spending cuts.
- The order is an internal administrative memorandum intended as short-term expenditure rationalisation in response to higher global oil prices and may change department budgets and meeting practices depending on local enforcement.